Man on Tracks Stops Pink, Green Line CTA Service for About 5 Hours

CHICAGO, IL — A Chicago police SWAT team was called in to help remove a man who was walking on CTA tracks early Tuesday morning near the Morgan station in the West Town neighborhood, disrupting service on the Pink and Green lines for about five hours, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Police received a report of an unidentified man on the tracks around 2:40 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6, and a police negotiator was dispatched, the report stated. As a safety precaution, emergency crew also inflated a crash pad beneath the Lake Street tracks, between Aberdeen and Carpenter streets, the report added.

Eventually, the man jumped from the high, above-ground tracks onto the crash pad below, the report stated. Police took him into custody, and although he appeared unhurt, the man was taken to Stroger Hospital as a precaution, the report added.

His time on the tracks, however, delayed the beginning of train service on the Pink and Green lines, which was to have started at 4 a.m., the report stated. Service from the Pulaski to Clark/Lake stations didn't resume until 7:55 a.m., and CTA shuttles were brought in to help transport commuters, the report added.

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